creative secondary school

Listener

you can see admission info and download the appl form from their websitehttp://www.css.edu.hk/

Listener

Very good info! Thanks Williammama!
I agree with you and am impressed with this school and Principal Cheung, too. My Daughter also likes to join CSS and I hope she will be there next year.

TINGMUM

唔該晒呀, 好詳盡.  IBMP課程是否同國際學校一樣? 中文有分LEVEL 嗎? 如小朋友沒有修讀中文主科, 可以申請入讀嗎?

[ 本帖最後由 TINGMUM 於 11-12-9 14:06 編輯 ]

TINGMUM

你答得好快呀!  真係感激你的細心同耐性.  thanks again!

motherotk

Can you share more:

if kid is high achiever, why not choosing traditional band 1 school, but CSS? Just want to understand more on the pros and cons of CSS and other traditional band 1 school?

I am collecting information for my children as well, want to get some parents' experience in choosing secondary schools..

原帖由 cameomom 於 11-11-3 16:40 發表
It depends on your kid's character.
For my girl, she is hard working & 'high achiever' person.  She feels tough but challenging at CSS.  There are home work++.

motherotk

Hi Williammama,

What are the types of students the school is looking for?

Are CPS children have priority for admission?

Listener

My 2 cents... My daughter is also a band 1 student. After talking to parents here, I'm leaning towards CSS now… Also because:
1)        CSS offers rare bilingual IB and I believe not only IB but our next generation needs to be good at both English and Putonghua (that’s also why we didn’t go for ESF etc).
2)        we’re impressed by Principal Cheung as we met, and believe his vision and implementation. http://www.css.edu.hk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=312&Itemid=125
3)        I was told that CCS has received more and more applications and more quality students going there, that made me feel good. In fact their website has also shown some excellent students (very impressed by the “Maths genius”). http://www.css.edu.hk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=249&Itemid=131
4)        I talked to a few CSS students. I was also impressed. They work hard and quite sure what they are doing.  IB learners are trained to think independently and built around their talents.
On the other hand we need to bear in mind:
a)        This is a new school and their IB diploma results will only be known next year.  In fact I don’t expect too much for the first year…
b)        This school is new and a bit low profile so not quite well known or understood (I want more info, still)…
c)        Traditional Band 1 schools should have more assured quality control over student results.
Looking forwards to other parents' comments, too...

motherotk

Thanks Williamma and Listener, that's helpful.

You mention about the language ability, both English and PTH standard, can you give me an idea what level of English and PTH standard they are expecting, e.g. can you show me the books they used or anywhere I can access to their teaching materials that I have a concrete understanding on their level of languagle competence?

cameomom

'High achieving' is one of the gifted child's character.  Gifted one doesn't want to be restricted but doing own thing in own direction, simply speaking... 'own idea & stubborn' in my girl's case!!
She firmly believed she could do her best with such learning mode (she came from CPS & did well in school performance).

motherotk

I see, that's a good match for your daughter and the school learning style.

How can I access to the concrete learning materials of CSS, so that I have an idea on their levels, then I can assess if my child fit for this kind of standard and learning pattren?

Any starting reference I can start to explore?

原帖由 cameomom 於 11-12-14 13:42 發表
'High achieving' is one of the gifted child's character.  Gifted one doesn't want to be restricted but doing own thing in own direction, simply speaking... 'own idea & stubborn' in my girl's case!!
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樂心

I saw their textbooks & assignment in their open day.

davyso

張校長確實是一位很為學生設想的好校長，我教了十多年書，從未見過如此一位好校長。

Frankietsang

我想問學生多數咩banding?